Guido Poppe

Guido T. Poppe (11 September 1952 - *) is a Belgian malacologist and shell dealer.

The son of an enthusiastic sports fisherman, Guido came into contact with the sea at a very young age. He became fascinated by marine life during yearly holidays in Brittany, France. His first diving experiences were in these cold waters in 1968.

He developed a career as a professional freelance conchologist. This allowed him to dive in many parts of the world: from the northern tip of Norway south to Ushuaia. In addition to the whole of Europe, including the Black Sea, he also dived in many tropical seas: Baja California (the Sea of Cortes); Chile, Argentina, the Caribbean Sea from Florida south to Margarita Island; West Africa with many stays in the Cape Verde Islands, Senegal and Kenya; Sri Lanka, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Australia (Queensland and Western Australia), French Polynesia and Rapa Nui. Most of his dives are in the [http://www.poppe-images.com Philippines] : he has compiled about 6,000 dives. Today he lives in Belgium and the Philippines.

His career as a conchologist brought him fame in this field, mainly through co-authoring popular books on the subject.

Published Books

* 1991 Poppe & Goto : "European Seashells Vol. I"
* 1992 Poppe & Goto: "Volutes"
* 1993 Poppe & Goto : "European Seashells Vol. II"
* 1993 Poppe & Goto: "Recent Angariidae"
* 1994 Poppe & Senders: "An annotated price catalogue of marine shells"
* 1996 Poppe & Goto: "A listing of Living Mollusca. Vol. I and Vol. II" 2 parts each
* 2005 Anseeuw & Poppe: "Pleurotomariidae: An Iconographic visit anno 2005" as a supplement of "Visaya"
* 2006 Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker: "The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands" as supplement of "Visaya"
* Poppe & 40 co-authors: "Philippine Marine Mollusks: Vol. I"

In 1999 with Klaus Groh, he started the prestigious series "A Conchological Iconography", which today is one of the biggest compilations of its time. The following volumes have already appeared:

* 1999 Dance, Poppe & Brulet: The family Harpidae.
* 1999 Kreipl, Poppe, Man in't Veld & De Turck: The family Strombidae.
* 2000 Verhaeghe & Poppe: The family Ficidae.
* 2000 Geiger & Poppe: The family Haliotidae.
* 2001 Bail, Limpus & Poppe: The genus Amoria.
* 2001 Bail & Poppe: A Taxonomic Introduction to the Recent Volutidae.
* 2002 Groh, Poppe & Charles: The family Acavidae.
* 2003 Alf, Kreipl & Poppe: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo.
* 2004 Bail & Poppe: The Tribe Lyriini. Guido Poppe recently created together with Philippe Poppe the journal, "Visaya", a rapidly growing periodical, specialised in the taxonomy of mollusca.

Poppe also wrote dozens of popular articles in journals and magazines such as Hawaiian Shell News, Of Sea and Shore, Malacologia, Apex, Novapex, Musorstom, Informations, Gloria Maris, Visaya etc.

cientific Work

He discovered and described over 130 species of new mollusca, mainly in the families Volutidae and Trochidae. More than 30 species have been named after him by scientists from all over the world.

cientific Collections

As a collector he built major conchological collections, which are now housed in prestigious Museums all over the world:

* Aesthetic collection in the Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
* European collection in the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Florida.
* Trochidae collection in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de la ville de Geneve, Geneva.
* General collection in the Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Brussels. The latter collection forms an important addition to the Philippe Dautzenberg collection and together both collections form the core of the conchological collections of the Institute.

Museum Correspondent

In 1996 he was honoured by the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris and attributed the title of Correspondent of the Museum. In 2006 he received the title of Scientific Associate, Malacologie Section, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.

References

External links

* [http://www.conchology.be Conchology, Inc.]
* [http://www.poppe-images.com Poppe Images]
* [http://www.mambele.be African Knife Collection]
* [http://www.poppe-stamps.com Poppe Stamps]

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